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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What city does Utz say he hates?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Prague.
(d) Dresden.

2. What piece does Utz tell the narrator he smuggled into Czechslovakia?
(a) The Haremetta.
(b) The Pulchinella.
(c) The Yardly.
(d) The Augustus.

3. What does Utz see a woman doing with her young son?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Picnicking.
(d) Racing.

4. Who did Utz fantasize he would meet?
(a) A fun-loving American.
(b) A teenage girl.
(c) A lonely middle-aged women.
(d) A British heiress.

5. What room does the narrator ask to see?
(a) The dining room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The loinge.
(d) The bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What used to be used as currency in Africa and Asia?

2. What does Utz believe alchemy was?

3. What is Utz's bedside lampshade made from?

4. What does Utz say people once believed silver turned into?

5. Where do the narrator and Utz walk to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marco Polo call Cowrie beads porcelain shells?

2. Why did Utz decide to leave Czechoslovakia?

3. Describe the porcelain figure Dr. Franfurter sells Utz.

4. Why does Utz say he took up alchemical studies?

5. Why does Utz want to go back to Prague?

6. How did Bottger allow Augustus the strong to open the first commercial porcelain factory in 1710?

7. Why does the woman on the train disgust Utz?

8. What does Utz conclude about luxury?

9. What does Utz remember about the mushroom season?

10. How did the German's use Bottger's porcelain during the 1923 inflation?

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